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noun
1.
a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
adjective
2.
going or performed on foot; walking.
3.
of or pertaining to walking.
4.
lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull: a pedestrian commencement speech.
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Pedestrian
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Example Sentences
- Do - Allow the pedestrian the right of way, he/she is on your team.
- It should be simple enough: Arm goes up, cab pulls over, pedestrian becomes passenger.
- At this rather pedestrian speed, the feature appears to work well.
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Word Origin & History
pedestrian
1716, "prosaic, dull" (of writing), from L. pedester (gen. pedestris) "plain, prosaic" (sense contrasted with equester "on horseback"), from pedes "one who goes on foot," from pes (gen. pedis) "foot" (see foot). Meaning "going on foot" is first attested 1791 in Eng. (it was
EXPANDalso a sense of L. pedester). The noun meaning "walker" is 1793, from the adj.
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